Survive! Reader Review

from Bob Anderson, PhD, CMSgt(Ret)

SURVIVE! The Disaster, Crisis and Emergency Handbook hits the mark better than anything I’ve read in forty years.  I could not put it down!  Realistic and complete yet an easy read, as usual Ahern cuts through political correctness and urban myths to tell the truth in an entertaining and educational master piece.

This not only is a life altering book, it is a life preserving work of art.  For forty years I have been frustrated with half-hearted, undocumented efforts on this subject that have done little more than promote fear and failure and set our citizens up for failure and probable death if it was ever necessary to implement their suggestions.  Jerry Ahern has created a comprehensive, concise guide for individual, family and community response to circumstances that can occur, and some that already have occurred; Jerry has done the research and testing of products that I can use to protect myself and my family when the unthinkable becomes reality.  This should be required reading for every member of the U.S. Military, law enforcement and first responders and publicly distributed by the Department of Homeland Security.

Jerry Ahern’s Top Ten Survival Tips

1. Be Informed of What’s Happening. Monitoring news and world events and always have an emergency radio nearby.
2. Don’t Get Caught Unprepared. Have emergency supplies of food, water and other necessities always on-hand.
3. The Police Won’t Protect You. Protect yourself and those for whom you are responsible.
4. Be Prepared to Handle Medical Emergencies. You may have to go beyond antiseptic spray and band-aids.
5. You’ll Need Light When the Power Grid Fails. Keep a flashlight, matches, kerosene lamp and candles ready to go.
6. Carry a compass. Your GPS Won’t Always Work in the Wilderness. Learn how to actually use it and learn how to read a map.
7. Invest in A Good Strong Lockblade Folding Knife. The knife is one of mankind’s most versatile tools.
8. Keep your cell phone charged. Explore alternate ways of charging phones like battery packs and DC outlets.
9. Be Wary of Strangers. Disasters make people panic. Protect what’s yours.
10. Whenever legally possible, carry a handgun you know how to use.

From the book, Survive! by Jerry Ahern

Krause Publications

Available at bookstores everywhere!

Survive! The Disaster, Crisis, and Emergency Handbook

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE ASKED

LIST OF WORKS PUBLISHED by

JERRY AND SHARON AHERN

U.S. Only with first publication date

THE SURVIVALIST   Series from ZEBRA BOOKS (including two Super Survivalists).  Also published in U.K., Japan, France, Canada and Poland.  Also available as E-books via the Internet. Available as dramatized soundscaped audio.

1. TOTAL WAR (1981)

2. THE NIGHTMARE BEGINS (1981)

3. THE QUEST (1981)

4. THE DOOMSAYER (1981)

5. THE WEB (1983)

6. THE SAVAGE HORDE (1983)

7. THE PROPHET (1984)

8. THE END IS COMING (1984)

9. EARTHFIRE (1984)

10. THE AWAKENNING (1984)

11. THE REPRISAL (1985)

12. THE REBELLION (1985)

13. PURSUIT (1986)

14. THE TERROR (1987)

15. OVERLORD (1987)

---- MID-WAKE  (1988)

16. THE ARSENAL (1988)

17. THE ORDEAL (1988)

18. THE STRUGGLE (1989)

19. FINAL RAIN !989)

20. FIRESTORM  (1990)

21. …TO END ALL WAR (1990)

---- THE LEGEND  (1991)

22. BRUTAL CONQUEST (1991)

23. CALL TO BATTLE (1992)

24. BLOOD ASSASSINS (1992)

25. WAR MOUNTAIN (1993)

26. COUNTDOWN (1993)

27. DEATH WATCH (1993)

THE DEFENDER Series from Dell (including Super Defender).  Also published as audio books.  Also available as E-books.

1. THE BATTLE BEGINS (1988)

2. THE KILLING WEDGE (1988)

3. OUT OF CONTROL (1988)

4. DECISION TIME (1989)

5. ENTRAPMENT (1989)

6. ESCAPE (1989)

7. VENGEANCE (1989)

8. JUSTICE DENIED (1989)

9. DEATHGRIP (1990)

10. THE GOOD FIGHT (1990)

11. THE CHALLENGE (1990)

12. NO SURVIVORS  (1990)

SURGICAL STRIKE   Limited Series From Berkeley.

1. SURGICAL STRIKE (1988)

2. ASSAULT ON THE EMPRESS (1989)

3. INFILTRATOR (1990)

TRACK Series from Gold Eagle.  Also published in Brazil.

1. THE NINETY-NINE (1984)

2. ATROCITY (1984)

3. THE ARMAGEDDON CONSPIRACY (1984)

4. THE HARD WAY (1984)

5. ORIGIN OF A VENDETTA (1985)

6. CERTAIN BLOOD (1985)

7. MASTER OF D.E.A.T.H. (1985)

8. REVENGE OF THE MASTER (1985)

9. THE D.E.A.T.H. HUNTERS (1985)

10. COCAINE RUN (1985)

THEY CALL ME THE MERCENARY  Series from ZEBRA BOOKS.  By “Axel Kilgore.”  Also published in Russia (in hard cover).  Also available as E-books via the Internet.  Was also published as audio.

1. THE KILLER GENESIS (1980)

2. THE SLAUGHTER RUN (1980)

3. FOURTH REICH DEATH SQUAD (1980)

4. THE OPIUM HUNTER (1981)

5. CANADIAN KILLING GROUND (1981)

6. VENGEANCE ARMY (1981)

7. SLAVE OF THE WARMONGER (1981)

8. ASSASSIN’S EXPRESS (1982)

9. THE TERROR CONTRACT (1982)

10. BUSH WARFARE (1982)

11. DEATH LUST (1982)

12. HEAD SHOT! (1982)

13. NAKED BLADE, NAKED GUN (1983)

14. THE SIBERIAN ALTERNATIVE (1983)

15. THE AFGHANISTAN PENETRATION (1983)

16. CHINA BLOODHUNT (1983)

17. BUCKINGHAM BLOWOUT (1984)

RODEO Series from Pinnacle Books (prior to Zebra ownership).  By “Red Mitchell.”  Also published in Serbo-Croatian editions.

1. RODEO (1981)

2. SLAYRIDE (1982)

NICK CARTER Series from Ace Books By “Nick Carter.”

THE TURKISH BLOODBATH (1980)

DEATHLIGHT (1982)

INDIVIDUAL NOVELS

werewolveSS Zebra/Pinnacle (1990)

THE FREEMAN Bantam (1986)  Also E-books

MIAMIGRAD Pocket Books (1987) Also published in Spain

THE YAKUSA TATTOO Pocket Books (1988)  Also published in Germany

THE KAMIKAZE LEGACY (Sequel to above title) (1990)

THE TAKERS Gold Eagle Books (1984) Also published in U.K., Brazil and published as E-book and as audio book

THE TAKERS/RIVER OF GOLD (Sequel to above title) (1985) Also published in Brazil and published as E-book.

THE GOLDEN SHIELD OF IBF Baen Books (1999)

NON-FICTION

CCW: CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPONS  Blacksmith Press (1996).

SHORT STORIES PUBLISHED

“Siege Perilous” in GRAILS: QUESTS, VISITATIONS AND OTHER OCCURRENCES Unnameable Press (1992)

“Roll Call” in CONFEDERACY OF THE DEAD ROC Books (1993)

“Silent Pace” in PHOBIAS Pocket Books (1994)

“The Vampire Killer” in WEIRD MENACE American Independent Press (1994)

“Siege Perilous” reprinted in DARKER GRAILS ROC Books (1994)

“…For I Have Sinned” in MORE PHOBIAS Pocket Books (1995)

WORKS IN PROGRESS:

WRITTEN IN TIME                

COMING SOON

SURVIVE!  THE DISASTER, CRISIS AND EMERGENCY HANDBOOK - COMING IN MARCH 2010

GUN DIGEST BUYER’S GUIDE TO CONCEALED CARRY HANDGUNS

ARMED FOR PERSONAL DEFENSE

THE SURVIVALIST’S SECRETS (SOME OF THEM) REVEALED!

If you are or were into the adventures of “John Rourke” and his family as told in our series THE SURVIVALIST, then you might want to visit www.survivalweekly.com/?p=292 and read an interview I did in which I reveal a number of details most people don’t know about John Rourke.  For example, I talk quite candidly about why a script could not be written that would enable one of Hollywood’s most revered producers to exercise his option and make “THE SURVIVALIST – THE MOTION PICTURE,” or whatever it would have been called.  There’s also a contest to win a copy ofTOTAL WAR, the first book in the series, autographed by Sharon and me.  We’ll try to write neatly.  You’ll find lots of good information on the site, as well…

If you are into Facebook, and you like THE SURVIVALIST, you’ll find that there is now a Facebook Group page devoted to the series.  Thanks to James Baird for this, and introducing me to Facebook, which our daughter and our son kindly explained to me and I still don’t fully understand.  If you are a member or whatever you call it, go into Facebook and then into “Groups” and there are pictures, U.K. book covers, photographs, etc.  Sharon and I hope you check it out…    

If you are interested in the latest facts and opinions on law enforcement/military equipment, you may want to check out still another website, the web version of the popular slick magazine TACTICAL GEAR.  The website is www.tacticalgearmag.com and I’m sure sometimes you’ll be seeing something with my byline there, since I write quite frequently for the print version.  It’s a “sister” publication to GUN DIGEST THE MAGAZINE…

If you like westerns that are really westerns, two of TV’s best are once again airing regularly.  And, you can see them – or record them – if you’ve got a package that includes the Encore channels.  Encore’s western channel runs lots of great films and series – they are running “Gunsmoke,” for example.  But, two of Sharon’s and my favorites from the late 1950s and early 1960s were/are “Cheyenne” and “Have Gun – Will Travel.”  I’ve had the pleasure of talking extensively by telephone with “Cheyenne’s” Clint Walker and, as soon as Sharon and I get the tape transcribed, pieces of an interview I did with Clint Walker will be appearing in some of my columns and probably here, as well.  Clint Walker in real life is just as much the kind of guy you can like and respect as “Cheyenne Bodie” was/is on screen.  I never got to talk with the late Richard Boone, but his iconic black clad gunfighter, “Paladin,” should certainly be award posthumously the title for projecting the most believable menace of any good guy character ever created.  Both westerns hold up perfectly and are not something you’ll wish you hadn’t watched again.  They are as fresh and well done as anything made today, and quite a bit better than most of today’s fare.  Get your kids to watch these early “adult westerns” and help them to develop an appreciation for the values of the old west, not to mention meticulously written scripts, terrific direction and peerless acting…

Sharon and I are busily trying to get one book finished, as far as writing is concerned, and two books photographed.